Here is page 36 from the vintage cookbook “Kate Smith chooses her 55 Favorite Ann Pillsbury CAKE RECIPES”. This was published in 1952 by Pillsbury Mills, Inc. Kate Smith was a popular singer and radio personality with a career that began in the 1930s.

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New England Spice Cake
Quick-Mix Method

No recipe file is complete without an old-fashioned brown sugar spice cake. We like it with a lemon butter frosting.

BAKE at 350° F. for 25 to 30 minutes.
MAKES two 8 or 9-inch round layers.
All ingredients should be at room temperature.

Sift together . . . 2 1/4 cups sifted Pillsbury Sno Sheen Cake Flour
3 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup sugar

Add . . . 1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar, sieved
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup milk

Beat . . . for 2 minutes, 300 strokes, until batter is well blended. (With electric mixer blend at low speed, then beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.)

Add . . . 2 tablespoons milk
2 eggs, unbeaten
1 teaspoon vanilla

Beat . . . for 2 minutes.

Pour . . . into two well-greased and lightly floured 8 or 9-inch round layer pans, at least 1 1/4 inches deep.

Bake . . . in moderate oven (350° F.) 25 to 30 minutes. Cool and frost with lemon butter frosting, page 46, or banana butter frosting, page 47.